Membership Benefits

Membership Benefits

All ARCCO membership funds go directly towards Advocacy

Founded in1988, Artist-Run Centres & Collectives of Ontario (ARCCO) is a proactive voice and fierce advocate for artist-run centres in Ontario at both provincial and national levels. ARCCO’s advocacy efforts have raised the level of recognition, financial support and professional development of its members.

ARCCO is an active member of the national association the Artist-Run Centres and Collectives Conference / Conférence des collectifs et des centres d’artistes autogérés (ARCA), increasing our community’s effectiveness to advocate at a national level on issues such as funding, professional development and employment conditions.

ARCCO co-founded the Provincial Arts Service Organization Coalition (PASO Coalition) with Ontario Association of Art Galleries (OAAG), in order to raise the profile of the arts and increase funding to the arts in Ontario.

ARCCO fosters strong partnerships and affiliations between various provincial arts service organizations, creating connections with communities that intersect, overlap, and/or share similar needs and challenges as the ARC community.

ARCCO works with other arts service organizations to bring member concerns to the development of joint ventures. The voice of Ontario artist-run culture is brought to all partnerships and joint activities through ARCCO.

Travel Subsidy for 1 representative per full member centre to attend Annual General Meetings Days. This includes professional development programming and networking activities which are also held during the Annual General Meeting weekends including ARCCO’s Annual Funders Forum

Voting privileges at ARCCO Annual General Meetings

Eligible to participate on ARCCO’s Board of Directors and Committees

Access to professional advice and support via phone and face to face meetings

Site visits when requested by new administrators or directors

E-mail communiqués

Any other benefits that are negotiated by ARCCO throughout the year

Affiliate Membership:

Free Listing on Members Online Directory, ARCCO Website

Eligible to enroll in the ARCCO/Halpenny Insurance Program, Insurance for non-profit organizations which has great rates and benefits